July 2011
24 posts
HK&China 2011 Quotebook
Quotebook time! AA - I love old Asian men AA - they are so cute NT - (at hong kong, looking at a windy road) is that the Great Wall? AL - let’s follow that random couple AA - he’s such a rapist! AL - when I woke up, she was straddling me AL - everyone humps (Photographer to CT) - your hair. Very nice. (Tourist using iphone to take photos to AL) - Hi could you take a photo of...
Jul 19th
1 tag
HK&China 2011 Day 22&23 - Shanghai & 39000feet...
last brunch! 22 days and we havent killed each other. not bad i say. 64% dark chocolate & banana granita. i would pay more than 40rmb for this. YUMZ. white butterflies our maglev train to pudong! guess the speed anyone? fasting moving land object. when it banked it was epic. pudong airport. getting ready to say goodbye! QF130. the cathay people crashed this too! HOME TIME ...
Jul 17th
1 tag
HK&China 2011 Day 21 - Shanghai
Last full day! those egg tarts on the way to carrefour with CL and NT. nosebleed after lul carrefour! green tea haagen dazs the green beans that calvin… yeah hi leehom. intense and stimulating i see bimbo bread reminds us of chef’s gallery line for yang’s at lunch. this was nicky’s 4th, our 3rd. the statue of yang’s (imma call it that...
Jul 15th
1 tag
HK&China 2011 Day 20 - Shanghai
LAST DAY OF CLASS last class. EVA. uniqlo purchases of angelo nicky and i dinner at 1221! see guys - it wasnt raining throughout my 35min walk! are u sure you six didnt jump off the ledge at the bund into the river instead =P tea :) see how wet they are? apparently no cabs lul what a cool tea pot. and a cool guy shanghainese fish thing! enoki mushrooms! how much food i...
Jul 14th
1 tag
HK&China 2011 Day 19 - Shanghai
the day angelo nicky and i skipped class. such rebels. right? or nerds. hmm. one of nicky’s 4 “one thing to do”. crepes. i have such wee-tarded friends thats what i got! i agree with your assessment nicky. you look WAYYY too happy here flaming crepes! nicky and her crepe angelo and his coconut crepe my banana caramel crepe! and yes. we finished them....
Jul 13th
1 tag
HK&China 2011 Day 18 - Shanghai
angelo and axel’s room - the meeting point for everything. Shanghai’s No 1 Intermediate People’s Courts the foyer of courts. wtf calvin, wtf. hi nicky. you look bored i know i was bored dinner with Simon! hope you enjoyed your first xiao long bao and lamian noodles experience dude the bund was so packed! it was like a Tuesday night! 2 or 4 second...
Jul 13th
1 tag
HK&China 2011 Day 17 - Shanghai
pearl tower pudong cylindrical Apple Store! walk down to actually enter it! my artsy photo of the day more haagen dazs green tea ice cream someone bought a new purchase today. someone. im not gonna say who.
Jul 13th
1 tag
HK&China 2011 Day 16 - Shanghai
mini-amusement park at People’s Park was looking for any concierge to ask for a map, and i decided to head into the Le Meridian at east nanjing. lobby was at level 11, and look at what i saw when the lift doors opened at L11 for me. yum. angelo reckons it was a sunday brunch thing hersheys! entrance gate to the shanghai museum 4 floors with about 4 exhibition rooms each! and...
Jul 13th
1 tag
HK&China 2011 Day 15 - Shanghai & Xitang
Xi Tang water town oh man what a sucky city. it was cool for 5minutes with the view then it got meh. xi tang alleyways such awkward gaps in between these three =P Mission Impossible 3 closing scenes were shot here, apparently my artsy photo of the day dinner at adelle’s homeground, sorta. complete with a seedy waiter, of course bread and dips! hommus tzatziki and some...
Jul 13th
1 tag
HK&China 2011 Day 14 - Shanghai
apple store at xintiandi. an obvious landmark and meeting point one of my few attempts for a group shot via a mirror reflection. German dinner that night - realisation that drinks cost a lot of money! the pretzel tree! plate of meatloaf, sausages and pork knuckle! ooooo he’s a gold digger. haagen-dazs cafe! it has crispy sandwich yumz hi steven and hi angelo what...
Jul 13th
1 tag
HK&China 2011 Day 13 - Shanghai
more “school” excursions! colour accent in action shanghai stock exchange stock exchange bull stock exchange floor yeah, proud of our VIP passes i assume this is the ‘drip dry’ photo obligatory group photo my artsy photo of the day yuyuan gardens lining up for xiao long bao at yuyuan gardens. nan xiang dumplings! stacks of wooden...
Jul 12th
1 tag
HK&China 2011 Day 10 - Shanghai
the day i forgot my camera. photos using shuyan’s camera People 7! people firefly 7 - food time drinks! the password door =D
Jul 12th
1 tag
HK&China 2011 Day 12 - Shanghai
excursion to the other campus of the University my one photo of our ‘near death’ experience sadly, out of focus wish our library has a giant spiral staircase (insert smileyface) yay group shot hi shuyan! this was before i realised something was wrong with my eye and had to bail on the rest of the excursion. how sad. niche bar test tube shots! inside the...
Jul 12th
1 tag
HK&China 2011 Day 11 - Shanghai
our mascots in class. clearly we arent bored in class =P the first of our many bus rides this captures what we all felt nanjing road. shanghai is smart with its West-East street signs green xiao long bao nan xiang restaurant YUM YANG’S DUMPLINGS YUM best mochi? i think its up there. green tea one was so good! mango yoghurt :) the bund lights @ the bund
Jul 12th
1 tag
HK&China 2011 Day 9 - Beijing & Shanghai
on the beijing metro for the last time this trip. but wow this was hard. having to carry luggage and all. Shanghai here we come! constant speed of 309kph. but stupid annoying brats in our carriage! view from the train our bullet train. 4 hours 48 minutes to Shanghai yay opening banquet. good food, in preparation for shite lunch.
Jul 12th
1 tag
HK&China 2011 Day 8 - Beijing
onwards towards the bird’s nest stadium! the 2008 Olympics stadium here we come! at the beijing birds nest stadium, the moment we realised that the ground takes better group photos birds nest weird benches outside the stadium inside the stadium we got to ride segways inside the stadium!! but some of us were a bit noob getting off the segway. “dont help him!! just...
Jul 11th
1 tag
HK&China 2011 Day 7 - Beijing
around beijing! summer palace! we chose the walk uphill from the wrong end of the summer palace yeah. this is china. or asia. whichever floats your boat one of the ‘palaces’ in summer palace break time at summer palace hahaha the photo tells it all more paddle boats. this time at the summer palace another world heritage site that i have conquered. quick...
Jul 11th
1 tag
HK&China 2011 Day 6 - Beijing
the day to check out the Great Wall! start of the great wall  mountains mountains mountains wow. just wow. just chilling. you know, like whatevs grand stuff. beijing workers stadium manchurian dinner  drinks at night
Jul 11th
1 tag
HK&China 2011 Day 5 - Beijing
Tiananmen Gate today! breakfast! maybe the sole reason that I havent gotten sick yet. fruit fruit fruit! wooo photo infront of a photo. that is one giant portrait. such detail! shuyan’s best friend obligatory jumping shot our entrance ticket spot NT and AS :) will needs to stop with his peace signs wow red cap group behind us damn the forbidden city. why be...
Jul 11th
1 tag
HK&China 2011 Day 4 - Beijing
Beijing Airport. we have arrived! the 90th year celebration. big in Beijing, clearly. Beijing markets. such a big grin AL =P yeah this tasted like premium calpis - white chocolate style view from the premier lounge one of the best peking duck experience i have ever had. great food, even greater company
Jul 10th
1 tag
HK&China 2011 Day 3 - Hong Kong & Macau
Macau-time at the terminal, waiting for the ferry macau we hope you are ready for us exorbitant number of Chinese people ready to gamble their life away in Macau AL and NT at the Venetian i’m in heaven MGM buffet for lunch downtown Macau St Paul’s, Macau errrrrr Macau Fort smile is only for the brave spot the lionhearted we can...
Jul 10th
1 tag
HK&China 2011 Day 2 - Hong Kong
downtown HK view from the peak the peak HP world recreation at Times Square play spot-the-doppelganger at Zara street food in hk. sadly only AS and NT dared the front :( ready for high tea at the Peninsula HK? string quartet for our (personal) enjoyment but be ready for the stupidly long line. turns out to be a 90minute wait. top of the line, waiting to be...
Jul 10th
1 tag
HK&China 2011 Day 1 - Hong Kong
HK Starbucks to start the day (and the whole trip!) - iced green tea latte for me!  michelin star restaurant ordering menu the really long line AFTER we got in the restaurant so cheap. so so cheap cable car to giant-as buddha glass bottomed cable car :) giant-as buddha view from the top dinner! view from the ferry from hong kong island
Jul 10th
1 tag
HK&China 2011 Day 0 - Sydney->HK
menu from qantas - no cadbury hot chocolate :(
Jul 10th